Prealgebra (7th Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Section 7.3 - Solving Percent Problems with Proportions - Exercise Set - Page 492: 17

Answer

600

Work Step by Step

percent * base = amount $15\%\times x = 90$ $0.15\times x = 90$ $0.15x\div0.15 = 90\div0.15$ $x=600$
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